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COVID-19 – Coronavirus

Healthcare access, remote physical exams, rural and school health, reimbursement, clinical technology, and the evolving ways care can reach patients.

Sep 25, 2020 •Telehealth

Federal Plan Proposes Improving Rural Health Care Through Telehealth

A new plan released by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this month calls for improving rural health care services, especially by facilitating the expansion…

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Sep 24, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

How Independent Practices Can Come Out of COVID-19 Stronger

The economic fallout of COVID-19 may accelerate acquisitions of independent practices unless practice leaders consider new, but not necessarily novel, ways of doing business. By Jacqueline LaPointe September…

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Sep 24, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

NYC Hospitals Create Blueprint for COVID-19 Triage By Telehealth

The report, recently published in Medicina, was prepared by clinicians at NYU Langone Health and the NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both of which used telehealth…

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Sep 24, 2020 •Telehealth

New Bill Looks to Mandate Payer Coverage for Telehealth Services

A bill introduced last week on Capitol Hill would prompt payers to cover any telehealth services if those services are also furnished in person. By Eric Wicklund September…

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Sep 23, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Senior Living Tech Spending Skyrockets Amid Covid-19, With Questions About Future

Senior living providers are spending much more on technology during Covid-19, even if many of them are also not sure what they’ll do with it in the…

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Sep 23, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Planning and clinical role of acute medical home care services for COVID‐19 – consensus position statement by the Hospital‐in‐the‐Home Society Australasia

Abstract During a pandemic when hospitals are stretched and patients need isolation, the role of hospital‐in‐the‐home (HITH) providing acute medical care at home has never been more…

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Sep 23, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Health Care on the Other Side: Physician Compensation Models in a Post-COVID-19 Landscape

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concern among health care leaders about the preparedness of acute care systems to adapt to and manage large-scale environmental disruptions. Current physician…

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Sep 23, 2020 •Telehealth

ACR Survey Reveals Patients Struggle to Maintain Access to Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

September 18, 2020 Skylar Jeremias A survey from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) revealed that patients with rheumatic diseases are struggling to get access to health…

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Sep 22, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Consortium Pushes Telehealth Freedoms for Substance Abuse Treatment

A new Health Affairs blog urges the federal government to continue telehealth waivers for substance abuse treatment during the COVID-19 emergency and asks for permanent changes to…

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Sep 22, 2020 •Blog

Was COVID-19 Healthcare’s Use Case for the Patient Portal?

The patient portal hadn’t exactly yielded strong patient use. That was, until COVID-19 came. The pandemic has served as a key use case for the patient portal…

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Sep 21, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

How Has Patient Monitoring Changed Since COVID-19?

Beyond the toll the novel coronavirus has taken on our friends and loved ones, COVID-19 has brought to light how our healthcare system has been challenged in…

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Sep 21, 2020 •Telehealth

NIH Targets COVID-19 mHealth, Telehealth Projects With New Awards

Almost $23 million in federal funding is going to several mHealth and telehealth projects aimed at improving detection, care management and monitoring of people infected with the…

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Sep 21, 2020 •COVID-19 - Coronavirus

Federal Nursing Home Commission Calls on CMS to Adopt 27 Recommendations, ‘Reduce Suffering’

A special federal commission on nursing homes and COVID-19 on Wednesday released its formal report, focusing foremost on testing, personal protective equipment, and visitation as the nation’s…

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Sep 21, 2020 •Telehealth

Taskforce on Telehealth Policy: 4 recommendations to maximize telehealth cost, quality benefits

Jackie Drees – Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 The American Telemedicine Association, National Committee for Quality Assurance and Alliance for Connected Care’s national telehealth policy taskforce released recommendations this month for permanent…

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Sep 18, 2020 •Virtual Exam and Virtual Care

Three virtual care components every senior care facility needs

As with any crisis, COVID-19 has exposed and widened existing cracks in the foundations of our nation’s healthcare infrastructure. This instability is particularly evident in senior care,…

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